This past week, the Park City Council was scheduled to approve a professional services contract for the second phase of the Deer Valley Drive road project.  As many of our readers and clients know, last summer, Deer Valley Drive was a real mess.  I must admit, however, that the construction crew did about as good a job as they could in diverting and routing traffic, minimizing the impacts and the result seems to be quite good.  Next summer’s work will be in no way as intrusive, and is centered on aesthetic and beautification of the Deer Valley Drive corridor rather than actual road construction.  The work scheduled for Deer Valley Drive for the summer of 2014 includes:

• Additional pedestrian lighting (from Sunnyside to Snow Park Lodge);
• Consistent sidewalks throughout the corridor;
• Crosswalks;
• Possible bus shelters/bus stop amenities;
• Cleaning of the creek;
• Landscaping improvements along the corridor;
• Entry feature near the intersection of Deer Valley Drive and Deer Valley Drive North;
• Bridge façade restoration;
• Fiber optic conduit from Sunnyside to Deer Valley’s Snow Park Lodge;
• Possible addition of bus pullouts at Greyhawk and Foxglove condominiums;
• Updating of the existing Deer Valley information sign located at the southeast corner of the roundabout; and
• Removal of the electrical box at the split.